Generous blessings
The Lord will open the storehouses of the skies where he keeps the rain, and he will send rain on your land at just the right times. He will make you successful in everything you do... ~ Deuteronomy 28:12a (CEV)
Out of the fullness of his grace he has blessed us all, giving us one blessing after another. ~ John 1:16 (GNT)
KEY IDEA:
There is no end to the blessings that God gives.
PRAYER:
Great and generous God, thank you for the blessings in my life. There are way more than I can count -- at least right now. However, even with all your resources and all your generosity, I don't always live with a mindset of abundance. I'm afraid that if you bless someone else that there will not be enough left for me. Save me from this terrible way of thinking. And help me to celebrate the blessings that you give to others. I know that you will continue to bless me with success because I am trusting you to do so. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
